3 Quotes & Sayings By Joshua Slocum

Joshua Slocum was a 19th century American sailor, navigator, and author. He wrote about his experiences at sea in a series of books published from 1895 to 1896. His "Round-the-World Yacht Race," a 3,400-mile voyage from San Francisco to Cape Horn, was the first to cross the Pacific Ocean alone.

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I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else. Joshua Slocum
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Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days. Joshua Slocum